Now, can I verify this with any sort of primary documentation? I dunno. I currently have a lead on some more, um, revealing information {Sorry. Couldn't help myself.} on my grandfather via some documentation of an arson investigation which involved my grandfather that occurred less than a year before my grandfather committed suicide. And I'm not sure why he was investigated, but if for some reason the San Antonio arson investigators interviewed my great grandmother about my grandfather, it's entirely possible that she told them he walked around in his underwear at home in front of whomever was home at the time. And, of course, her version of events are definitely tainted. Why? Because she really didn't like him. {And don't think for a minute that I'm not gonna run this lead down at the City of San Antonio Archives.}

Now, I say this in jest. Sort of. The point, really, is that you should look and keep looking for more information about your ancestors.

You just never know what might be revealed in those boring staid documents.

You just never know when a rumor or family lore will be disproved or proven.

Or somewhere in between.

You just never know what tool or piece of technology is going to make a difference.

The family lore and rumors are interesting and essential.

The facts and documents that reveal that your it's-been-said-that-I-love-to-prance-around-in-my-underwear-at-home grandfather committed suicide and was investigated for arson are even better. {And I mean no disrespect to him. He was definitely troubled, and my heart goes out to him. However, from a researcher's perspective, he's left some nice paper trails.}

And? Then think of that family story you can write about.

Family lore can lead to Facts which in turn lead to Family Stories.

It's all fun and games until someone says, "Your grandfather liked to walk around his house in just his underwear no matter who was home at the time."